A Dusty Sampler

Hello scrappy friends! I'm back with you today to show you how you can make a simple but striking multi-photo page using Dusty Attic chippies. This is not only a great way to experiment with products but it's a fabulous way of using up those leftover bits and pieces from your chippie collection.

Here's my layout;

To make this, I first drew 9 rough squares using the inside of a Polaroid Frame chippie as my template. I then used a variety of products to colour the squares. I incorporated paints, texture paste, stamps, stencils and - oh! It's that Dusty Attic star stencil again! Lol!

I then added small photos onto some of the squares and decorated them with Dusty Attic chippies as well as a few other bits and pieces. To finish off I doodled around some of the squares and added a bit of gold stamping to the background.

This would be a great page for any event where you have multiple photos as you can change the colours and style to suit.

If you do make a page like this, I'd love to see it!

The Dusty Attic products I used are:

Polaroid Frames DA0932

(used as a template)

Mini Banners DA1021

Flutterbies #3 DA 0766

Mini Bird Cage #2 DA1189

Heart Arrows #1 DA 1016

Heart Arrows #2 DA 1026

Mini Hearts #2 DA 0990

Foliage #3

Word Pack #4 DA 1077

Page Pebbles #3 and #9

Mini Him & Her Border DA 1065

Phew! That was a long list! But seriously, the idea is to use up those odds and ends you have left over from other projects.

Happy scrappin'!

Heather

I'm Off The Rails!

Hello and welcome back!

I have been doing a bit of creating for Off The Rails. I've found myself enjoying creating simpler layouts sometimes lately. I enjoy the fact that I can show off one or two features - plus my photo!

Here's the mood board for Off The Rails for June. At first I found the colours a bit daunting as they're not colours I would normally put together, however I soon realised that the tan colour could be interpreted as bronze and suddenly it all worked!

I was influenced by the colours of course, but also the concept of family as indicated by the paper dolls.

Here's my layout:

See what I mean about simple but effective? I feel that there is enough interest on this page to catch your eye but the focus is still on the photo.

Here's how I made it:

Step 1

Mix some watercolours with water and brush randomly onto the paper behind the photo. Flcik some extra bits around the area. Dry with a heat gun.

Step 2

Repeat with a second colour, ensuring the first colour is completely dry. Dry with a heat gun again.

Step 3

On a scrap piece of paper, paint the chipboard title with Pebeo Iridescent Copper paint then add copper Tinby Designs Metallic Melts to just the second word. Heat the Melts.

Step 4

Staple a vine in place. I used one that I had previously pulled the flowers off for another project.

Step 5

Add stamping, focusing on the area below and above the photo, plus some washi arrows.

Step 6

Add flowers to the vine and some copper-painted diamonds to the background. Add the journaling along the long edge opposite the photo.

I hope you can join in our challenge this month!



Happy scrappin'!


Heather